They can borrow and lend using the gold-linked currency of denomination, or simply use it as a basis for pricing goods and services.

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In the 1970s HMOs started the rather innovative concept of pricing health insurance on the basis of an individual's health.

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This suggests that, on a daily basis, traders are pricing a historically high level of volatility into option contracts.

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Mr Neil said ministers were confident that they could demonstrate that minimum pricing was justified "on the basis of public health and social grounds".

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The offering was cheapened 4-8 basis points from retail pricing.

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On Wednesday credit default swaps that insure GE Capital's debt jumped 110 basis points, to 500 basis points, according to pricing service Markit Intraday.

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The pricing for debt is set on an individual basis between the borrower and lender.

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But that would require a commonly agreed pricing mechanism and confidence that power producers were not trading on the basis of inside information.

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These central banks have agreed to lower the pricing on the existing temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements by 50 basis points so that the new rate will be the U.S. dollar overnight index swap (OIS) rate plus 50 basis points.

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While improved pricing and lower input costs helped the bottom line, Nike saw gross margins slide 30 basis points to 42.5% as higher labor costs, currency effects, and a transition to lower margin products and businesses took a toll on profits.

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